Just renewed insurance with NU Direct.
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I've just renewed the Z06 with Norwich Union Direct who consumed Hill House Hammond during the course of my last policy.
They quoted me a very reasonable £401 for 4000 miles and £30 cashback to boot. Sounded a bit too good to be true - a quid more than last year and £29 cheaper in reality? Out of an abundance of caution, I rang them and painstakingly went through all the details again, explained what a Z06 was as they'd never heard of it, explained that my NCB was in use on another car and any NCB they were giving me was a concessionary mirror.
The old chestnut resurfaced. We argued the toss on the alarm point again wherein I once again declined to butcher the wiring and explained that UK spec Corvettes were Thatcham 1 and seem only to get a different keyfob to cater for Euro-frequencies (?) so can we all get real for a second! I'm pleased to say that they eventually agreed to my terms and conditions so I gave them the business. LOL.
Out of interest I rang AON who were very polite but estimated a premium in the £700-£800 range for 3000 miles. They were very gracious and indicated straight away that they couldn't come anywhere near NU Direct. You know you've got a good premium when even the insurers you ring balk at your premium.
Now - back to selling it so I can have my Cadillac....
They quoted me a very reasonable £401 for 4000 miles and £30 cashback to boot. Sounded a bit too good to be true - a quid more than last year and £29 cheaper in reality? Out of an abundance of caution, I rang them and painstakingly went through all the details again, explained what a Z06 was as they'd never heard of it, explained that my NCB was in use on another car and any NCB they were giving me was a concessionary mirror.
The old chestnut resurfaced. We argued the toss on the alarm point again wherein I once again declined to butcher the wiring and explained that UK spec Corvettes were Thatcham 1 and seem only to get a different keyfob to cater for Euro-frequencies (?) so can we all get real for a second! I'm pleased to say that they eventually agreed to my terms and conditions so I gave them the business. LOL.
Out of interest I rang AON who were very polite but estimated a premium in the £700-£800 range for 3000 miles. They were very gracious and indicated straight away that they couldn't come anywhere near NU Direct. You know you've got a good premium when even the insurers you ring balk at your premium.
Now - back to selling it so I can have my Cadillac....
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